Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2: Twist is P is for Purple

Hi everyone and welcome! It’s Kathie here from Auckland New Zealand posting this week for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 design team. Well as most of my crafting friends from the Northern Hemisphere are starting to soak up those wonderful rays of sunshine, here in New Zealand is the start of winter, yes we're still having a few rays of sunshine once they shine through the early morning fog and this morning we had our second white frost for the year and it was a record temperature for May. Usually it gets colder later in June and July. Where we live the temperature drops but we don't get any snow in Auckland.

For those of you visiting us for the first time, we welcome you to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 sketch challenge! We are so happy to have you join us! And for those loyal followers of our weekly challenge, we welcome you back and thank you for your ongoing support!

We get excited with all the amazing creativity you share with us week after week. Remember to subscribe to our blog. There's a drawing for some goodies when we reach 200 followers.

Let’s get started this week by announcing the winners of last week’s challenge…..

The Grand Prize Winner of Sketch #SSW2 -14 is:

# 3 Julie Austin

Congratulations! Please contact Sally at sallydubessw@gmail.com to claim your prize and be sure to grab your winner’s badge from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blog.

Our Top Three in no particular order are:

1. #1 Janice

2. #7 Crafting Vicky

3. #9 Carla Suto

Awesome job! Please grab your Top 3 badge from the sidebar and post it on your blog!

Now, on to this week’s challenge and our fabulous sketch for you to follow…which is a blast from the past we used back in on 6th February 2013 with Sweet Sketch Wednesday and created by Sally.

This Wednesday falls on the last week of May as its the end of month twist and you should have guessed it by now the theme is

P is for PURPLE

Here Sketch # 192

The challenge rules are posted in the tab above – just be sure to post a picture of it with your card on your blog.

We are so happy to welcome our wonderful sponsor this week which is Tammy Thompson the artist and owner of

A Day For Daisies

A Day For Daisies began as a small token to a constant need to create. Pairing a love of whimsical illustration, with a tidy graphic design background, Tammy S Thompson, produced her first stamp designs, introducing irresistibly sweet stamps to crafters around the globe. Drawing inspiration from the beautiful world around us, she strives to express the happiness and gratitude she feels in each stamp design she creates.

Presently, A Day For Daisies has grown to over 3,000 Digital Stamps with a quickly expanding line of Best Loved Clear Polymer. A Day For Daisies has been published and awarded over the years for innovative and unique designs created to inspire the crafting community. With a whole team behind her now, she remains passionate about illustration, obsessed with quality, and dedicated to her customers. A Day For Daisies thanks you for your ideas, comments, and creativity!

Tammy is offering our very lucky winner

Prize: $12 Gift Certificate

to spend in her online store.

To see more of these adorable images from A Day For Daisies, visit the A Day For Daisies online store here or on A Day For Daisies Blog and ADFD Facebook page and also over at Paper Craft Planet and the Crafter's Cafe. Thank you Tammy so much for letting us create with you amazing images which we all love to create with and feel very privileged to do so.

And here’s what the design team created for your inspiration using

A Day For Daisies images and

P for Purple colour:

Just looking at everyone's cards it's amazing what our take is on the colour Purple and Violet as there is a difference.

Nancy

using the image

Breeze In Spring

found in the

Flowers & Garden Category

Nancy has made the same card but in pink just to show what the variation looks like and this card is just so pretty in both purple or pink.

Heide

using the image
Curious Daughter
found in the
Mermaids & Ocean Category

Joanna

using the image

Fairy Dog 3

found in the

Animals & Bird Category

Linda

using the image

Growing a Flower

found in the

Fairies & Nymphs Category

Sharon

using the image
Lucky Delivery
found in the
Girls & Play Category

Sally

using the image
Just Fishing
found in the
Boy & Dad Category

Kathie

using the image
Walking Bonnet
found in the
Flowers & Garden Category

Aren't these samples magical especially using PURPLE. I do hope they have inspired you enough to create and join in our challenge this week using the colour Purple. Just remember to comment on this post to be eligible to win. Also... check us out on Facebook, we feature a few cards from our challenge participants each week and preview the new sketch every Tuesday.